Food-baking device.



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' 1,271,309; v Patented July 2,1918.

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't l rooD-nAKING/ D'vIoE Application filed January 15, 1917. Serial No.142,450.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be ii; known that I, CONRAD C. GRoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Food-BakingDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to be akfull, clear, andexact de- Y scription of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in food baking devices, andparticularly to devices of this character which are used on gas or oilstoves. t

One object of the present'invention is to provide a simple and cheapdevice of this character wherein foods can be more quickly andeiiiciently'baked than in the oven of the range.

Another object of the present invention is lthe device. y Fig. 8 is ahorizontal sectionalview taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. i Y

Fig. 4L is a bottom plan view of the device. Referring particularly tothe accompanying drawing, 10 represents a Hat metal ring f to which issecured, and which covers the Y opening therein, a coarse wire meshodisk11.

Disposed in spaced relation above ythe wire disk 'is a disk formed oftwo superimposed sheets of metal, l2, between which is disposed a sheetof asbestos 13. Carried by the disk are aplurality of feetl, thelowerends of which are suitably secured to the ring 10, said feet thusspacing the disk above or removing from the disk, the vessel whichkcontains the food to be baked. yA suitable handle 20 is carried by thetop of the dome whereby the same can be conveniently handled when hot. Ahandle 21 is fixed to the edge of the ring 10, so that the entire devicecan be lifted from or on to the stove.

The device is of such size and proportions that it may be convenientlyplaced over a l single burner of a gas or oil range. The

bake pan 22 is placed on the metal disk and the dome brought down untilits lower edge rests in the groove of the ring. The baking will thenproceed, as will 1be understood.

When itis desired to bake potatoes, an asbestos mat 23, Yhaving a wirescreen 24 associated therewith andV forming a part thereof, is placed onthe metal disk, and thepotatoes placed on the said wire screen 24. Itwill thus be seen that I have provided a simple and cheap device bymeans of which foods can be quickly and conveniently baked without thenecessity of the use ofthe oven and uncomfortable heatingof thekitchen.v

Also, the use of a single burner, onl the top of the range, permits thecook to bake foods with the expenditure of a considerably' smallerquantity of gas, than the oven would consume, and with the radiating ofvlessheat. being moved from oneburner to another,

Furthermore the device is capable of as desired, and can be quickly Vandconveny v iently moved onto or off the range. In the `Sides andtopportions of theinner dome member 16 there are formed moisture escapeY openings 16.

What is claimed'is: .l A food. bakingdevice including a base consistingof a reticulated disk and a surrounding` ring connected thereto andhavngthe dome being seated within the said up- 10 a groove 1n the upper facethereof, u Inetzll turned edge of the lnner wall.

disk spaced above the retieulated disk, feet In testimony whereof, I nlx my signuoonneeted `to .said metal disk .and to .the said ture, n .thepresence .of two witnesses.

the rngnnd provided W'th a handle, Athe T x lower edge of the inner WallYof the Ydome Witnesses:h Y

being turned upwardly ylend seared in said le-REY L5 BTIR'NEY,

groove, the lower edge of the outerwvall of ,Y VARLII-IUR P. Ao'r'r.

Qoplwes ofA this p atntmay be qobtained vfor fuiverhqent's each, Vbyaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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